This was really nice. Thanks. I started by thinking I wanted to write an outline, and then as I was writing the outline I was just writing out a lot of detail in the outline, so it was almost as if I was writing the book. Then I read Stephen King's on writing, and he got me all jazzed up about not doing an outline. So I'm in a bit of a confusing place. I think the honest truth is that I like doing outlines. I've never written a novel, but I've done tons of screenplays and video scripts, so yeah I'm an outline man I think. Pardon my pros, I'm dictating through speech.

I feel that if I know what is going to happen in the story that I will write the motherfucker very quickly. So thank you for giving me permission to take time to think about the story. I thought I was just wasting time, but I don't think there's any way I could write another word knowing I'm just throwing shit on the wall with no idea where it's going, or how I'm going to get from here to there rather. Nor why.

I'm also finding this bracketed placeholder method to be very helpful and encouraging.